MXGP Round 01 – Patagonia-Argentina
MXGP Round 01 – Patagonia-Argentina
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MXGP Round 1 – Patagonia-Argentina
Villa La Angostura 03/03/2019
The first Grand Prix of the year was a tough start for Tony Cairoli, who arrived in Argentina well prepared and ready to race after strong pre season races. The nine time World Champion had two solid practice sessions, with a pair of 5th place finishes, as he looked more for race pace than outright top speed. In Saturday’s qualifying race his start wasn’t good and Antonio had to push hard to come back trough the pack, eventually rejoining the top ten group of riders, before his bike stalled in the middle of the first corner, refusing to restart. Tony could only push the bike off the track and wait until the following morning before being able to ride again. After an encouraging first place in the warm-up, Cairoli picked the twenty-eighth gate at the start of the first moto and proved, once again, how good his starts can be, scoring a top four from the outside. Pushing with extraordinary strength he took the lead of the race before the first lap was completed, leading the moto till the end and crossing the finish line first after nineteen laps. The second start was not quite as good but the KTM Red Bull Factory Racing Team rider managed to recover from seventh to third on the first lap and then to close down the gap with Gajser and Febvre, overtaking them with an incredible double pass that set the Argentinian crowd alight during the sixth lap. Cairoli took the chequers once again and scored a double victory that gives him the red plate for his KTM 450 SX-F and 50 points and the first victory of the MXGP of Patagonia-Argentina, the 86th of his incredible career.
Antonio Cairoli: “Overall I’m happy today, because after yesterday’s mishap with the bike I was not sure about how the starts would go. Here it’s very important to stay with the guys at the front right from the beginning of the moto, because there is not much difference in the lap times and recovery is really difficult. Thankfully I managed to get a good start in both motos, in the first I was in the top five and I could fight to take the lead. In the second moto I was a little bit further back so I had to fight really hard to come up to fourth place on the first lap and then I could watch some of the good lines from the guys in front and I could make the pass, having a good race and taking the overall. I’m really happy to finally get this victory on this track and in front of this fantastic crowd who are always so warm and loud around the track.”
MXGP Race 1
1-A.Cairoli 2-T.Gajser 3-R.Febvre 4-C.Desalle 5-G.Paulin
MXGP Race 2
1-A.Cairoli 2-T.Gajser 3-J.Van Horebeek 4-M.Anstie 5-G.Paulin
MXGP Grand Prix
1-A.Cairoli 50p. 2-T.Gajser 44p. 3-J.Van Horebeek 35p. 4-C.Desalle 33p. 5-G.Paulin 32p.
MXGP Standings
1-A.Cairoli 50p. 2-T.Gajser 44p. 3-J.Van Horebeek 35p. 4-C.Desalle 33p. 5-G.Paulin 32p.
Next Grand Prix: 24/03/2019 Matterley Basin (UK)
Results and Standings on: www.mxgp.com
Copyright free pictures: www.decarli-racing.it
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